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Tennis Champ Venus Williams Takes a Swing At Football Player Rob Gronkowski on ‘Game On!’ Game Show

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|May 24, 2020 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Tampa Bay Bucs tight end and three-time Super Bowl champion Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski (formerly of the New England Patriots) is set to take on world tennis champ Venus Williams in competition. You read that right. The two sports giants are captains of th [...]

ESPN Films’ ’30 for 30′ Series Set to Roll Out ‘Lance,’ More Sports Docs Soon

News TV Features By Angela Dawson|May 6, 2020 |0

Just as ESPN Films moved “The Last Dance” earlier to fill the void that live sports left, ESPN Films’ Peabody and Academy Award-winning “30 for 30” series is premiering three new documentaries, two of which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, that will air on Sundays through June 14. Followi [...]

Josh Dela Cruz Joins ‘Blue’s Clues’ Reboot

Features TV Features By Peter Gonzaga|November 7, 2019 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—When he was younger, actor Josh Dela Cruz used to watch “Blue’s Clues” with his sister. Coming full circle, the Broadway actor is now the new host of the rebooted popular Nickelodeon show now dubbed “Blue’s Clues & You.” It’s a dream come true [...]

Teen ‘Voice’ Winner Chevel Shepherd is a Country Tinkerbell

Features TV Features By Lynn Barker|December 21, 2018 |0

By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features ALBUQUERQUE—From the small town of Farmington, N.M., 2018’s winner of NBC’s “The Voice” is Chevel Shepherd. (She pronounces her first name “Chevelle”) The 16-year-old credits the popular TV talent show with helping her grow as a confident performer comfortable on [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning Documentarian Sets her Lens on Jane Fonda

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|September 21, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Susan Lacy has profiled numerous luminaries over the years in her documentaries, including conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein, filmmaker Steven Spielberg, musician/singer Joni Mitchell and actress/singer Judy Garland. She created the “American Maste [...]

Jane Fonda Revealed in ‘Five Acts’ Documentary

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|September 19, 2018 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In her 80-plus years on this planet, Jane Fonda has lived many lives—ingenue, sex symbol (“Barbarella”), Oscar winner (for her performances in “Coming Home” and “Klute”), fitness guru and activist, being labeled “Hanoi Jane” when she visited communist N [...]

John Stamos Plays Shrink on Lifetime’s ‘You’

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|September 6, 2018 |0

By JUDY SLOANE and ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—John Stamos, who began his career as teenage bad boy/heartthrob Blackie Parrish on the daytime drama “General Hospital,” is now the one treating patients in Lifetime’s upcoming psychological thriller “You.” The cable TV series, premier [...]

EXCLUSIVE: From a ‘Liar’ to a ‘Truth’ Seeker, Lucy Hale is on a Roll

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|April 9, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—After seven seasons of playing artsy Aria Montgomery on the hit TV series “Pretty Little Liars,” Lucy Hale is headlining another show, “Life Sentence,” in which she plays Stella Abbott, a young woman who has survived terminal cancer and has to learn t [...]

A Double Dose of J.K. Simmons in Starz Series ‘Counterpart’

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|January 20, 2018 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—J.K. Simmons had a recurring role on the “Law & Order” franchise, co-starred in the prison drama “Oz” and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of an abusive band instructor in “Whiplash,” but he probably is still best kn [...]

‘Waco’ Miniseries Recalls Tragic Standoff, Premieres on Paramount Network

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|January 20, 2018 |0

By JUDY SLOANE and ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—February 28 marks the 25th anniversary of the beginning of an infamous standoff between a religious cult known as the Branch Davidians who clashed with federal and state law enforcement agencies in Waco, Texas. For the next 51 days, th [...]